"subgenus" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: subgenera [plural], subgenuses [plural]
Rhymes: -iːnəs Etymology: From sub- + genus. Etymology templates: {{af|en|sub-|genus}} sub- + genus Head templates: {{en-noun|subgenera|+}} subgenus (plural subgenera or subgenuses)
  1. (taxonomy) A subdivision of a genus. Categories (topical): Taxonomy Synonyms: subg. (english: shortening) Translations (subdivision of a genus): podrod [masculine] (Czech), ondergeslacht [neuter] (Dutch), alasuku (Finnish), sous-genre [masculine] (French), Untergattung [feminine] (German), sottogenere [masculine] (Italian), subgenus [neuter] (Latin), podrodzaj [masculine] (Polish), subgénero [masculine] (Portuguese), subgênero [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), subgénero [masculine] (Spanish), undersläkte [neuter] (Swedish)

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈsub.ɡe.nus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈs̠ʊbɡɛnʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈsub.d͡ʒe.nus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈsubd͡ʒenus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Head templates: {{la-noun|subgenus/subgener<3>}} subgenus n (genitive subgeneris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|subgenus/subgener<3>}} Forms: subgeneris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], subgenus [nominative, singular], subgenera [nominative, plural], subgeneris [genitive, singular], subgenerum [genitive, plural], subgenerī [dative, singular], subgeneribus [dative, plural], subgenus [accusative, singular], subgenera [accusative, plural], subgenere [ablative, singular], subgeneribus [ablative, plural], subgenus [singular, vocative], subgenera [plural, vocative]
  1. (New Latin) subgenus Tags: New-Latin, declension-3, neuter

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsub.d͡ʒe.nus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsubd͡ʒenus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "subgenus"
}

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